Necktie-retainer



(Nb Model.)

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, NBGKTIE RETAINER. No. 288,695. I Patented Nov. 20, 1883..

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WILLIAM E. DE GROFF, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NECKTl E-RETAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,695, dated November 20, 1883. Application filedMay 9, 1883. (N0 model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I,WILLIAM E. DE Gnorr, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Necktie Retainers or Stays, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a face view of a necktie retainer or stay embodying my invention as attached to the necktie on the inside thereof. Fig. 2 is a view thereof in position on a collar, the in side portion of the latter and the tie being shown. Fig. 3 is an end view thereof, the collar and tie being shown.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

My invention consists of a device construct ed substantially as hereinafter set forth, connectible with a necktie and adapted to engage with a collar under the lower edge thereof, whereby the tie may be securely and nicely retained in position, without liability of the pin of the device pricking the neck of the wearer, and there is economy in the 'use of wire or material of which the device is constructed.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the retainer or stay, thesame consisting of a piece of wire bent to form a horizontally-extending spring-pin, a, an eye or catch 1), therefor, and a hook, c. Thepin a is continuous of aside bow or spring portion, cl, and the hook c is formed by bending the wire down from the lower horizontal limbs of the bow and catch, and then outwardly and upwardly, forming inner or back and outer or front limbs, the space between the same being open at top. The eye or catch 12 1s onthe upper end of a bow, d, which is opposite to the bow d. The lower lengths of the bow project horizontally toward each other, and approach the center of the stay, where they join the depending hook c, the two lengths or sides of the front limb of which converge, thus being spread at bottom and contracted at top, form ing afiaring shape, the entire hook being narrower than the top part having the fasteningpin. The two lengths or sides of the back limb of the ,hook as they leave the bows (Z d diverge, and the bottomof the same are bent the front limb of the hook which sets out from said back limb, thus making the adjacent sides of the two limbs parallel,and forming the hook with a broad base and narrow top, so that while the bottom edge of the collar rests on said broad base, and the stay is thereby prevented from turning at the bottom, as has been stated, the top of the hook is reduced, whereby it maybe easily guided on the bottoni'edge of the collar, and the narrow part of both limbs at said top causes but slight rubbing action on coincident parts of the band of the collar and neckband of the shirt. Fur thermore, the opposed lengths of each side of the front and back limbs of the hook serve to embrace the collar-band at coincident places, thus, also, assisting in preventing turning and shifting of the stay.

The pin a is stuck into a necktie on the inside thereof in the direction of the length of the same,.as more clearly shown in Fig. 1, and fastened to thecatch b, the hook 0 standing out from the tie, and said hook is then fitted under the bottom edge of the collar, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, by which provision the necktie is prevented from rising, owing to the controlling action of the hook c, thelatter being prevented from disengagement from the tie, owing to the secure fastening afforded by the pin and its catch.

Owing to the bows d d on opposite sides, I produce a broad or wide horizontal top part for the stay, which admits of the use of a long pin for so small device, and is of increased strength occasioned by the end bows or crimps d d.

The flaring form of the hook provides awide base, so that the stay cannot turn on the bottom edge of the collar, and the contracted top or converging shape of the front limb saves material and reduces the amount of metal necessarily located between the collar and collarband of the shirt when the stay is in use.

The pin and hook are concealed from the outside, and the point of the pin is guarded by the catch 1), and may be further inclosed by a shield similar to those in shield-pins secured to the catch portion; and, if desired, the hook 0 may be made of sheet metal and sol- I00 dered or otherwise attached to the pin and catch portions.

A number of retainers or stays, such as described, may be attached in position on the tie, so as to engage with different parts of a collar, as desired, and when the tie is removed they remain fixtures of the same without requiring readjustment or being liable to displacement.

I am aware that it is not new to form holders and stays of hooks having vertical pins, the points of the latter projecting downward, and therefore disclaim such features.

I am also aware that hooks have been bent up from the center of the fastening part, the pin whereof extends horizontally, and likewise disclaim the same.

I am also aware that a hook has been formed with converging sides, the same rising between depending side pieces of the stay and adapted 20 to rest on the front button of a shirt for con fining a necktie on a lie-down collar, and disclaim such features.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 25 Patent, is

An improved necktie-stay consisting of a top formed of a pin, a catch, and side bows, and a hook whose back limb joins the lower lengths of the side bows and is formed of di- 30 verging sides, and whose front limb is set out from theback limb, and formed of converging sides, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WVILLIAM E. DE GROFF.

Witnesses:

J GEN A. WIEDERsHEIM, A. P. GRANT. 

